Ls400 Series Iv - Satnav

[steve-bedford]

A couple of questions please.........................

1) In the Series IV, when did the satnav go from CD to DVD?

2) I think I have the CD version. How can I tell / get the latest version?

Thanks in advance.

[Haylands]

Hi

I was going to say, try here http://www.lexus-mapupdates.eu/ but having a quick look it seems they only do DVD maps for the later cars, I think all LS400's were CD and it switched to DVD for the LS430, but I might be wrong....

You could try an a-mail to them for the earlier disc

Good Luck

Pete

[trooper00]

Mine is a 2000 (W) MKIV and that's CD based. I think the DVD came with the LS430

[alanr]

Hi,

Likewise, I'm pretty sure that all the 400's are CD based. I am still running on the original CD, which is version V2.1. It does have limitations, mainly because any roads built since 1998 don't appear on the map, which makes the rather pleasant young lady that talks to me go awfully quiet until we get back onto a pre-1998 road resident in her memory banks. I do have to confess to a rather childish tendency on my part to deliberately take short cuts down country roads in the forlorn hope that the female voice will admit to not knowing where she is, or even better, getting her to throw all her toys out of the pram. No luck so far, but I shall occasionally continue to explore the envelope of her programming. The best I've managed to do so far is for her to ask me to do a U turn.

On a slightly more serious note, the principle limitation of any CD based system is that of data storage - a CD just isn't capable of holding all the information such as postcodes etc, that we have come to expect from more modern DVD based systems. However, it is generally pretty good for my personal purposes, although I do still tend to refer to maps on a strange journey. That tendency is more probably due to my age, and I know full well that people of my age group don't always embrace new technology with the same enthusiasm as the younger generations.

Somewhere earlier in the year I came across a piece of information that stated that the latest CD available is version V4.5, which I think is dated 2005. I idly consider updating my CD from time to time, but lethargy (perhaps I mean apathy) seems to take over. By the time I do eventually get round to doing anything about this, I'll probably find that I've bought a 430 anyway, which is a bit of an expensive route to upgrading the SatNav to DVD !!

I did find a genuine Lexus disc (V4.5) on sale brand new somewhere for about £120, but can't remember where, or whether I bookmarked the site. If I can find the information, I will post it later.

Regards,

Alan

[passman53]

Hello,

I asked about a more up to date disc at my lexus dealer a couple of weeks ago. They seemed to think that 2005 is the newest available. and with vat would cost about(?) £110. You can buy a lot of maps for that. I've been dropping not very subtle hints about christmas pressies, i'll let you know if get a new disc instead of socks.

[alanr]

Have managed to find the relevant bookmark -

www.cheaptoyotaparts.co.uk

It is being advertised as a 2005/2006 map update, suitable for GS300 and LS400, at £99 (Retail £149)

Hopefully, Santa will visit you if you've been a good boy this year.

Regards,

Alan

[trooper00]

I'm getting the German one which should be delivered tomorrow all being well. That's €120 from a main dealer or about 85 quid

[steve-bedford]

Mine is version 3.7 (release 03-04) so well out of date!

It's an expensive excercise so I think I'll live with it.